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 auld linen ſheets hol'd in the mids, may do well enough, I had need to be carefu', I'm a poor widow the day, wi' three ſma' bairns. Awell, the corpſe is dreſs'd, and laid on the top of a big cheſt, while the neighbours ſat by her condoling her misfortune, and how the funeral raiſins were to be provided; ſaid one, the coffin muſt be ſeen about firſt, Ay, ay, ſaid ſhe, he has ſome new deals in the barn he bought to mak a bed o', but we'll no break them, there is the auld barn-door and the chaff kiſt will do well enough, ony thing's good enough to gang to the grave; but, O co'the, ſend for Sandy my honeſt auld ſervant, and he'll ſee every thing right done, I'll tell him where he'll get filler to do ony thing wi', he's the lad it will not ſee me wrang'd; then Sandy comes wraying his face and rubbing his eyes, O Sandy, Sandy, there is a ſad alteration here, and ba-a-a ſhe cries, like a bitten calf, O ſirs, will ye gang a' butt the houſe till I tell Sandy what to do; butt they goes, and there ſhe fell a kiſſing of Sandy, and ſaid, Now my dear, the auld channering ghaiſt is awa', and we'll get our will o'ither; be as baining of every thing as you can, for thou kens its a'thy ain; but the corpſe's ſiſter and ſome other people came in, and ben they came to ſee the corpſe, lifts the cloath from off his face, and ſeeing him all in a pour of ſweat, ſaid, Hegh, he is a bonny corp, and a lively like colour, when he could no longer contain to carry on the joke, but up he got amongſt them, a deal of the people ran for it, and his wife cried out, O my dear, Do ye ken me? Ay ye baſe jade and whore, better than ever I did. Jumps to the floor and gets his ſtaff, and runs after Sandy, and catches him in the fields a little from the houſe, gives him a hearty beating, never tell'd him for what; returns to the houſe, ate and drank with his ſiſter and neighbours who had come to ſee his